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Aviation and Flight Educators: Perspectives from Master Instructors

and Flight Instructors of the Year

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2010 NAT’L CFI OF THE YEAR

► Jeffrey Robert Moss, MCFI “MossY”

► 2010 National CFI of the Year

► Master CFI, Gold Seal CFICirrus CSIP

Cessna/Corvalis CAART Co-Creator

► Instructor/Mentor Pilot Citation Mustang / CJ 525 Series

Embraer Phenom 100/300

Hawker Beechcraft Premier IA, Eclipse 500

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THE SYLLABUS SYNDROME

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

As her Private Pilot – Mentor, she’s in my calendar to call her every Sunday at 5pm and check in with her on how her flying is going.

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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STORY OF MY FRIEND KIM

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WHAT IS KIM’S ISSUE WITH FLYING?

She is not flying to a syllabus or Training Course Outline (TCO) that is giving her a sense of being engaged and sense of progress towards a goal.

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WHAT IS KIM’S ISSUE WITH FLYING?

She has no clue where she is at in the process and what is next.

How can she see herself making progress towards her goal?”

EARNING HER PRIVATE PILOT’S CERTIFICATE

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SR22 INSTRUMENT RATINGS

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SR22 INSTRUMENT RATINGS

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PART 61 VS PART 141

Benefits of 141

•Mandatory TCO •Stage checks•More Structure

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PART 61 VS PART 141

Problem is – Large majority at Part 61

• No Syllabus• No Stage Checks• No Light at the end of the tunnel• #1 Common Complaint:• CFI’s are: “Teaching by the seat of their

pants”• Standard opening line when CFI gets in the

plane “what do you want to do today?” or “what did we do last time?”

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PART 61 VS PART 141 - WHAT CFI’S SAY

“As a CFI - I don’t have access to a syllabus without paying a “bunch” of money.”

The Cessna Pilot Center CFI’s and Cirrus Standardized Instructors (CSI’s) found at Cirrus Training Centers don’t have an excuse. Except that some students are refusing to shell out the big bucks initially for the “training kits”.

Guess what?

No training kit = NO SYLLABUS!

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PART 141 VS PART 61

CFI taught at a Part 141 University System

When he joined he was given a full orientation on how to use the TCO / Syllabus

University had a system set up that the student/cfi and even airplane could not be dispatched after a lesson if the TCO wasn’t checked off electronically

CFI was allowed to deviate from the TCO in certain areas which gave the CFI flexibility

CFI used the TCO to the letter

CFI then went to work at a small flight school that WAS 141 Certificated. Never saw a syllabus. Ended up using Jeppesen for his students.

CFI now teaches at a Part 61 Cirrus Training Center that specializes in just Cirrus training, school uses its own TCO and has a 90% pass rate on its Private and Instrument Students

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION

Give CFI’s a FREE syllabus! Faasafety.gov

Free Syllabus that everyone can track and linked up to the WINGS system. Up their game.

Free access to CFI’s on board.

National campaign (use the free syllabus – it benefits you and your students).

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POSSIBLE SOLUTION

FAA to make a “basic syllabus”. All the supporting material for tracking progress, not just the outline of what needs to be taught. It’s the tools you need to teach it.

FAA could grant to SAFE to build one. Work with FAAsafety.gov to integrate.

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STORY OF MY FRIEND MARSHA

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STORY OF MY FRIEND MARSHA